§48-15-209. Hearing on denial, nonrenewal, suspension or
restriction of license.
(a) The court shall order a licensing authority to deny,
refuse to renew, suspend or restrict a license if it finds that:

(1) All appropriate enforcement methods have been exhausted or
are not available;

(2) The person is the holder of a license or has an
application pending for a license;

(3) The requisite amount of child support or medical support
arrearage exists or health insurance for the child has not been
provided as ordered, or the person has failed to comply with a
subpoena or warrant relating to a paternity or child support
proceeding;

(4) No motion to modify the child support order, filed prior
to the date that the notice was sent by the bureau for child
support enforcement, is pending before the court; and

(5) There is no equitable reason, such as involuntary
unemployment, disability, or compliance with a court-ordered plan
for the periodic payment of the child support arrearage amount, for
the person's noncompliance with the child support order.

(b) If the court is satisfied that the conditions described in
subsection (a) of this section exist, it shall first consider
suspending or restricting a driver's license prior to professional
license. If the person fails to appear at the hearing after being
properly served with notice, the court shall order the suspension of all licenses held by the person.

(c) If the court finds that a license suspension will result
in a significant hardship to the person, to the person's legal
dependents under eighteen years of age living in the person's
household, to the person's employees, or to persons, businesses or
entities to whom the person provides goods or services, the court
may allow the person to pay a percentage of the past-due child
support amount as an initial payment, and establish a payment
schedule to satisfy the remainder of the arrearage within one year,
and require that the person comply with any current child support
obligation. If the person agrees to this arrangement, no
suspension or restriction of any licenses shall be ordered.
Compliance with the payment agreement shall be monitored by the
bureau for child support enforcement.

(d) If a person has good cause for not complying with the
payment agreement within the time permitted, the person shall
immediately file a motion with the court and the bureau for child
support enforcement requesting an extension of the payment plan.
The court may extend the payment plan if it is satisfied that the
person has made a good faith effort to comply with the plan and is
unable to satisfy the full amount of past-due support within the
time permitted due to circumstances beyond the person's control.
If the person fails to comply with the court-ordered payment
schedule, the court shall, upon receipt of a certification of
noncompliance from the bureau for child support enforcement, and without further hearing, order the immediate suspension or
restriction of all licenses held by the person.